Improvement in toys



UNITED STATES GEORGE H. IRELAND, OF SPRINGFIELD, MASSACHUSETTS.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOVS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 195,051, datedSeptember 11, 1877; application tiled December 18, 1876.

The object of this invention is to furnishV children with a toy thatwhile it amuses them will also instruct them, as it conveys an idea ofcommercial articles and packages and the methodsordinarily employedinhandling them. The warehouses now in use, so far as I have seen or beenable to learn, are of foreign manufacture, crudely constructed, and butpartially and imperfectly conveying the amusement and instruction my toyis intended to impart.

Figure 1 represents an interior vertical view of my improved Warehouse;Fig. 2, a plan view of Fig. taken on the line :v w; Fig. 3, theremovable platform 5 Fig. 4, the adjustable beam and its connectingmechanism; Fig. 5, some of the xtures.

The same letters refer to corresponding parts.

A represents the base; B, the ends; C, the side; D, top; W, thepartition-door; and

AE, the partition which separates the office from the rest of the firststory. F is a door or window in the upper story to receive goods fromand deliver them to the outside; G, the elevator-carriage, consisting ofthe base m, uprights d d, cross-beam l. The uprights d d are providedwith grooves, and slide upon the rods J J. K is a windlass, supported bythe hangers f f. The Windlass is operated by means of the endlessstringz, which passes through holes in the door and runs through the ring t. cis a string attachedto the windlass. It is sometimes attached to theelevator-carriage, as in Fig. l; at other times it passes through a holein the side and through a ring, a, in the adjustable beam L, Fig. 4. Mrepresents a safe, which I prefer to make of Wood in one rectangularblock, cut away, as shown, to form the feet. N is a stool of metal; O,desk of wood or metal; Q Q, barrels of turned wood 5 R, bales of goods.

These bales I make by fastening the commodity intended to be representedover blocks of Wood, then add a suitable covering when one is used inpractice. Bags S represent various articles ofmerchandise. These bagsare made of cloth and filled preferably with sand. T T are rectangularblocks of Wood to represent cases, boxes, Snc. Z2, Fig. 3, is theremovable platform. b is a bracket 5 it', mortises. It

`will be seen that by placing Zz in the door F,

in a position perpendicular to that shown in Fig. 3, then bringing theplatform to a horizontal position, the mortises i t' Will interlockagainst the sides of F, While the bracket portion b makes it secure andtight. The object of making Z2 removable is to prevent its being broken,and to economize room in packing for transportation. The adjustable beamL slides in the guide 0,' is held in position, either extended orWithdrawn, by the pin C'. The reasons for making this adjustable are thesame as given for Z2. Fig. 5,11, boxopener; r, scraper; s, mallet, y,barrel-tongs; P, truck, all of metal. l

A miniature set of books could be added to the counting-room, andchildren could keep an account of the merchandise received anddelivered. v

The friction of the string z is sufficient to hold the carriage G in anyposition With any load that can be put upon it from the articlesrepresented. The same remark holds true when the string e is used incombination with L. The barrel--tongs y are used to hold barrels whenbeing taken up from the outside.

It is obvious this toy is capable of being used in a great variety ofWays, to enumerate which, I think, would be unnecessary and tedious.

The frame of the Warehouse may be either Wood or metal. I prefer theformer, and to make it three stories high.

I do not claim any novelty in constructing the boxes and barrels, as Iam aware they have been used in toy warehouses heretofore. Windlasseswith crank-handles and fixed beams have also been used. These Wereobjectionable in packing, and would not hold the articles independent atany elevation.

I claim as my invention- 1. A toy Warehouse having the Windlass K withits operating mechanism, as shown, in

combination with the rods J J and elevator'- carriage G, substantiallyas shown and described.

2. In atoy warehouse, the combination, with the windlass K, oftheadjustable beam L, substantially as-shown and described.

3. A toy Warehouse having` the removable platform Z2, in combinationWith the Window F, substantially as shown and described.

4. A toy Warehouse consisting of base A,

ends B, side C, top D, one or more partition- -windlass K, rods J J,elevator-carriage G,

beam L, platform Z2, all constructed and arran ged substantially asdescribed'and set forth.

GEORGE H. IRELAND.

Witnesses:

Mrs. WALLACE GRovENoR, WALLACE GRoVENoR.

